Biology:Bronze loquat
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Bronze loquat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Eriobotrya |
| Species: | E. deflexa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai
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The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to China (Guangdong, Hainan), Taiwan and Vietnam.[3]
Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[4]
Hybrids
× Rhaphiobotrya is an artificial hybrid genus between species of Eriobotrya and Rhaphiolepis.[5][6] Hybrids include the coppertone loquat (× Rhaphiobotrya 'Coppertone'), the parents of which are Eriobotrya deflexa and Rhaphiolepis indica or R. × delacourii.[7] It is a popular cultivated shrub in the Southern United States and California.
References
- ↑ de Kok, R. (2024). "Rhaphiolepis deflexa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T147633311A231918117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/147633311/231918117.
- ↑ "Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/724780-1.
- ↑ Flora of China
- ↑ The Illustrated Medicinal Plants of Taiwan. 4. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.. 1995.
- ↑ "× Rhaphiobotrya Coombes" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77092237-1.
- ↑ Coombes, Allen; Robertson, Kenneth (2008). "An intergeneric hybrid between Eriobotrya and Raphiolepis". The Plantsman. New Series 7 (3): 162–165.
- ↑ "x Rhaphiobotrya 'Coppertone'". Pan Global Plants. https://panglobalplants.com/product/x-rhaphiobotrya-coppertone/.
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